Artists of the week: Redefining catchy

‘Catchy’ is the word that is often used to justify listening to a bad pop song. However, contrary to popular opinion, there is no need to resort to JBiebs or Carly Rae Jepsen in order to have a serious jam session. Surprisingly enough, universally catchy songs outside of the pop genre do exist. From Alternative to Punk to Indie to Classic Rock, I’ve compiled a list of dangerously catchy songs that simply must be sung along to when played.

‘The Jakes’ now go by ‘Young The Giant,’ and this song doesn’t exist on iTunes, so it took some super-sleuthing on my part to find it. Since the first listen, it has remained one of my all-time favorite acoustic songs.